Question

What were the conflicting thoughts in the poets mind seeing the snake

Answer 1

The poet had dual attitude towards the snake. He experiences conflicting emotions on seeing the snake because he is under the influence of education and civilisation that have shaped his thought process. There is conflict between the voices of human education and the natural instinctive fascination for the snake..

Answer 2

Answer:

The conflicting thoughts in the mind of the poet were

to kill the snake or not. His education told him to kill

the snake because golden snakes are poisonous. But

his heart told him not to hit the snake because he was

admiring him.